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10 week creative writing courseThrough the use of in-class writing exercises you will practice techniques for getting ideas down on the page. You will receive constructive feedback in a supportive atmosphere and be encouraged to take a playful yet focused approach to the craft of writing. Suitable both for those who want to improve their fiction writing skills and/or to develop fluency of expression. All welcome from absolute beginners to those who already possess some creative writing…See More

The Memory and Violence working group is a new interdisciplinary group, open to all with an interest in the relationships between collective memory, public history, trauma, violence, representation, and the politics of memorialisation and memory work. We will be reading some key texts in these fields, and will also be a space for postgraduate students and researchers to discuss their own work with each other. Based at the Birkbeck College School of Arts, we aim to meet once a month during term…See More

We meet in London museums and galleries to work directly with objects by means of 'slow looking'; discussing a single work of art through careful and attentive engagement. See More

AU HASARDAu Hasard is a new cine-club in London. Our first season of screenings are thematic double-bills with a political resonance. All screenings are free and open to all. Bring friends. We will bring cake and wine.Screenings are held on alternate Saturdays from 1pm at Birkbeck (Main Building, Room B18)Full details of our first series of films can be found here:…See More